Spaceship Card and Dice Games

This is an attempt to list all of the spaceship card and dice games both in
and out of print. If you have items to add or mistakes to point out please
email them to me at "thomas . granvold @ sun . com". Remove all spaces in
the email address. This is unfortunatly needed to cut down on spam emails
I receive.

A sole card and dice game of a scout set in the Lensman series
of books by E.E. Doc Smith. Written by C. Gerard Luft.
In the introduction the author manages to link together the
Lensman books, the Traveller RPG, Star Trek orginal TV series
and Asimov's Feeration books! The rules are available at
http://www.angelfire.com/games2/warpspawn/SFLens.html.

This is a combination of the Button Men and Diskwars
made into a spaceship combat game. Each ship is
represented by a button. The first edition (but not
the second edition) was a collectable game, that each
box and pack contain a random selection of buttons.
Designed by Ryan S. Johnson

A game of cardboard dice where each die is a spaceship.
This is compatiable with the other Diceland games, even
though the dice may represent individuals or ground vehicles.
The rules can be found at www.diceland.com.

Extra Space (2003) - limited edition of a few extra ships not available
in the two sets above. These were printed in the extra
space left over on Diceland Ogre. Also these ships are
also found in their game Light Speed.

"Duel for the Stars is a strategic card game of empire building
conquest for two or more players. Starting from a single homeworld,
players send forth fleets to discover, trade with, mine, settle or
conquer alien worlds. The goal is to be first to control a set
number of resources, defeat an opponent's homeworld or form a
federation." Planned in 1998 but never printed.

A non-collectable card game.
Designed by Kevin Wilson. 2 or more players. This game
is roughly simular to the Naval War series of games.
The rules and sample cards are available online at the
following web site. http://www.gmtflagship.com/Flagship/news.htm

Designed by Don Greenwood and Reiner Knizia.
Titan the Arena set in space which includes combat between spaceship.
This was to have been published in 1998, but with the takeover of
Avalon Hill by Hasbro Toys this was cancelled.

A German card game. Designed by Marcel-Andre
and Casasola Merkle. The game is about planetary
occupation and mining. It has a real-time aspect
as players try to pile up cards as quickly as
possible, therefore little strategy is possible.

Race to be the first to the moon. The game consists of
doing a series of missions for which the players collect
replica mission patches. Many historical events can occur
during the game. For ages 10 and up. One to four players.
Cadaco product #269. The first edition was a run of 5,000.
An expanded and updated version is Tranquility.
Designed by Van Overbay.
Links:

This is a card set in the Star Wars universe
of episodes 4, 5, and 6. The rules are available
for free at http://www.angelfire.com/games2/warpspawn/.
There is a Lensmen variant of this game included
in the rules.

This game ended production on Jan. 1, 2001 when Last Unicorn
lost the rights to Star Trek games. There is a new game,
Armada which is compatiable with this game.
This is a spaceship combat game where flat cardboard disks
are used for the ships. It was designed in conjunction with
Fantasy Flight Games.
Releases were planned to cover all of the Star Trek series.
The initial release, at GenCon 2000, consisted of 8 sets
(2 Federation, 2 Klingon, 2 Romulan, 1 Cardassian, 1 Ferengi)
and boosters. There are common, uncommon and rare cards.

Each player constructs a part of a space station. Rockets
and shuttles carry modules, crew and satallites. The goal
is to have the highest total in their station's value and
cash. Designed by Thomas Huttner. For ages 12 and up,
2 to 5 players.

"In Space Station Assault, two fleet commanders seek victory
by destroying the enemy space station or a large number of
enemy ships. Each ship is defined by four statistics: Speed,
Shields, Firepower and Victory Points. The winner is the first
to destroy sixty victory points of the enemy fleet. With ships
worth 1-4 victory points and each space station worth sixty,
both players must decide between a battle of attrition and an
all-out assault."
A card game for 2 players that takes 15 to 30 minutes to play.

"Starting as the captain of a lowly scout ship,
you are pitted against the other Star Commander
players in a race to complete the first space
fleet and achieve galactic mastery. To successfully
construct and crew your fleet you must overcome the
perils of spies, sabotage and fierce ship to ship
combat. Star Commander is a fast paced interactive
card game for 2-5 players."

"Opposing Noble Houses vie for domination in this quadrant of
space.", spaceships are abstracted into the attacks and cards.
The rules can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/games2/warpspawn/.
Designed by Floyd Krassner.

Out of print. Designed by D. Verssen.
Now (1997) owned by OSS.
for a future release as Star Force Terra: The new Era.
There will be all new artwork and a design update.
This game is similar to the Modern Naval Battles game.

"'Star Quest, the Regency Wars', is a tale of waring factions,
struggling to gain control over a galaxy decimated by a deadly
viral disaster. Fast, strategic, political, and tactical, the
game focuses on five races and their efforts to conquer and rule
one another's Regencies." Designed by Glen Alpaugh and John
Doughty. The initial game had 325 different cards written in
English and German. Some of the artists were Frank Frazetta,
the Hildebrandt Brothers, Michael Whelan, William Stout, and
Luis Royo. A 100 card expansion was planned but never printed.

"...a game of intergalactic expansion and conquest."
This is a collectable card game, but all players draw
from a single shared deck of cards. It is also avilable
as a complete boxed set. Designed by John Montrie.
There is an expansion set called Event Horizon (1998)
This game is out of print but copies are available at
Looney Labs.

" When the story begins, five different factions are warring
across our very own Solar System. Three of them are humans
originally from Earth, and two are alien species that have
recently arrived through a fantastic rift in space."
This game uses the rules simular to their Star Wars CCG.